Taika Waititi's “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad national soccer team, the 2011 American Samoa men's squad, in their struggle to qualify for the FIFA World Cup after an infamous 31-0 drubbing against Australia.
“Next Goal Wins," inspired by a 2014 documentary of the same name, is a sports movie that delights in upending the conventions of sports movies.
Waititi, himself, doesn’t know much about soccer and professes to know even less after making “Next Goal Wins,” which opens in theaters Friday.
AP: Your last “Thor” movie took apart masculinity and superhero convention, and “Next Goal Wins” seems just as disinterested in sports movie traditions.
Well, my second film ("Boy") is a sort of deconstructed anti-feelgood family film.
Persons:
Taika, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightly, Jaiyah, “, ” Waititi, Jojo Rabbit ”, doesn’t, He's, he's, Thor, I’m, You've, it’s, They’re, Adam Sandler, It’s, you’re, you’ve, “ I’m, Jake Coyle
Organizations:
TORONTO, —, soccer team, Samoa men's, FIFA, Australia, Toronto, Hollywood
Locations:
Hollywood, Europe, Hawaii